linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH v4 22/69] merging pick_link() with get

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Message-Id: <20200313235357.2646756-22-viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:53:10 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH v4 22/69] merging pick_link() with get_link(), part 4

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

Move the call of get_link() into walk_component().  Change the
calling conventions for walk_component() to returning the link
body to follow (if any).

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 fs/namei.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index edb37272f2cc..a05de97e6893 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static int step_into(struct nameidata *nd, int flags,
 	return pick_link(nd, &path, inode, seq);
 }
 
-static int walk_component(struct nameidata *nd, int flags)
+static const char *walk_component(struct nameidata *nd, int flags)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -1881,19 +1881,24 @@ static int walk_component(struct nameidata *nd, int flags)
 		if (!(flags & WALK_MORE) && nd->depth)
 			put_link(nd);
 		err = handle_dots(nd, nd->last_type);
-		return err;
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 	dentry = lookup_fast(nd, &inode, &seq);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+		return ERR_CAST(dentry);
 	if (unlikely(!dentry)) {
 		dentry = lookup_slow(&nd->last, nd->path.dentry, nd->flags);
 		if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-			return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+			return ERR_CAST(dentry);
 	}
 	if (!(flags & WALK_MORE) && nd->depth)
 		put_link(nd);
-	return step_into(nd, flags, dentry, inode, seq);
+	err = step_into(nd, flags, dentry, inode, seq);
+	if (!err)
+		return NULL;
+	if (err > 0)
+		return get_link(nd);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2145,6 +2150,7 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 	/* At this point we know we have a real path component. */
 	for(;;) {
+		const char *link;
 		u64 hash_len;
 		int type;
 
@@ -2202,24 +2208,18 @@ static int link_path_walk(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 			if (!name)
 				return 0;
 			/* last component of nested symlink */
-			err = walk_component(nd, WALK_FOLLOW);
+			link = walk_component(nd, WALK_FOLLOW);
 		} else {
 			/* not the last component */
-			err = walk_component(nd, WALK_FOLLOW | WALK_MORE);
+			link = walk_component(nd, WALK_FOLLOW | WALK_MORE);
 		}
-		if (err < 0)
-			return err;
-
-		if (err) {
-			const char *s = get_link(nd);
-
-			if (IS_ERR(s))
-				return PTR_ERR(s);
-			if (likely(s)) {
-				nd->stack[nd->depth - 1].name = name;
-				name = s;
-				continue;
-			}
+		if (unlikely(link)) {
+			if (IS_ERR(link))
+				return PTR_ERR(link);
+			/* a symlink to follow */
+			nd->stack[nd->depth - 1].name = name;
+			name = link;
+			continue;
 		}
 		if (unlikely(!d_can_lookup(nd->path.dentry))) {
 			if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
@@ -2335,24 +2335,17 @@ static const char *path_init(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags)
 
 static inline const char *lookup_last(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	int err;
+	const char *link;
 	if (nd->last_type == LAST_NORM && nd->last.name[nd->last.len])
 		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
 
 	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
-	err = walk_component(nd, 0);
-	if (unlikely(err)) {
-		const char *s;
-		if (err < 0)
-			return PTR_ERR(err);
-		s = get_link(nd);
-		if (s) {
-			nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
-			nd->stack[0].name = NULL;
-			return s;
-		}
+	link = walk_component(nd, 0);
+	if (link) {
+		nd->flags |= LOOKUP_PARENT;
+		nd->stack[0].name = NULL;
 	}
-	return NULL;
+	return link;
 }
 
 static int handle_lookup_down(struct nameidata *nd)
-- 
2.11.0